3 Pickups?! Catching up with The Skjelstang (Modified 1965 Fender Mustang)
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I put this thing together for Skyler Skjelset of Fleet Foxes nearly ten whole years ago, and I'm pleased to see it's holding up rather well! It started life as the usual two-pickup model, but became more than the sum of its parts with the addition of a third pickup and some clever (albeit complex) wiring. Watch me try to remember how it all works and discover some delightful sounds along the way!
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When you want everything in a Mustang but REALLY love the Cyclone
Other than a third pickup this shares little similarity with a Cyclone (II). Different scale length, different vibrato, different pickups, different switching, thinner body etc.
Wow! This is the single most awesome 'Stang I've ever seen! This is exactly what I want. The three single coils, the super high-quality bridge and tuning stability, the tones. Amazing. Great work!
Can’t beat the fender sound. A youthful bold bright brash three demential sound.
Shout out to the Falcon Drive. Huge fan of Ian and his choice in guitars and gear. Much deserved pedal. Love the Mustang too lol.
I made a whole demo of that pedal at Guitar House and had to scrap it for sound issues, so I'm planning a full new vid on that pedal. It's divine
GUITAHHHH HHH|.....
I've been wanting to add a third pickup to my Mustang for years. But the idea of routing out the wood has kept me from doing it. Super 'Stang here I come!!!! Thank you so much
Mike, this turned out amazing! I love the choice of wiring you did too - the volume roller is a really nice and useful touch. Absolutely love it!
Dude this is beyond cool! Love the diversity of those sounds!
I’m really contemplating doing a build like this, I absolutely love Mustangs, and your addition of that volume control is a really good idea....I likes it 👌🏼👌🏼 I see those fruit pastilles on the side mmmm Green ftw 😂
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As always great video Mike!! Love your demo at the intro there!
Mike, thanks so much for all your videos! I don't even have a offset guitar but I love your channel! Keep rocking bro!
It sounds great. Amazingly strat-like.
Not in my opinion, but I respect it.
Just as I was thinking about adding a middle pickup to my cheapo Jay Turser Mustang! Great video!
Great use of the rhythm circuit.
Oh, hello friend! That guitar looks sick!
this is amazing dude!
Sucker for anything Mustang so appreciate the hell out of this 🔥 I'd have had neck+bridge in series as an option but this is rad as hell
So many options! So many permutations! Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!!
as a strat guy, that all three funk sound sure is certified gold tone
Great tone
I’m in love with that mustang, I wanna put a 3rd pickup in my 73 but don’t wanna route it lol
10/10 in the looks Departement.
that is badass
I've been debating about what pickups to upgrade my MIJ Swinger with and after seeing this, I'm a believer in the SSS short scale. This has been an eye-opening experience. I have a set of 50th Anniversary Masterbuilt Strat pickups that I just didn't know what to do with. I think they might have finally found a home.
Oh man that's too cool! I might try that configuration out with my second mustang when I get to it
Wish you could see my jaguar I named "Ronald" I feel like you'd appreciate it
It was crazy to wire up that's for sure!
Very cool!👍👍 I recently got a Squier Cyclone/ Stratstang and love it, best of both worlds. Not sure if it's in or out of phase, but plays and sounds great!
I think those are all in phase/parallel. Super cool guitars, I really like them but see them so rarely!
@@Puisheen I guess I was lucky, you have to find one! 😁
I play mustangs almost exclusively and rarely enjoy the out of phase sound. However, all of the OOP middle pickup sounds on this are great.
Wow! Skye is great. Fleet Foxes are a favorite band. Very cool that you got to build him such a cool guitar.
How come you don't like Strats, anyway?
Very cool mods. I'd like to do the same thing with my Squire Mustang. I made need to make a visit to M&M's Guitar Bar
Cool guitar, fabulous playing and very knowledgeable and entertaining banter!!!
The out of phase sound is however (as always) totally crap though.
Love your stuff!
Hello Mike, I recently rediscovered my love for guitars and be very grateful to find your channel which has been useful, educative and overall great. I only have money to buy really inexpensive guitars, but I dream one day to know a great luthier like yourself to turn my girls in really good instruments and tools for my creativity. Until then, I will continue to amaze myself with your great content. Listen, I have a question. I would love to know your take on solderless wiring. Like pros and cons and why is or is not a good idea. Thanks man!
OOOH! this reminds me of Thurston Moore's mustang from the Silver Rocket video/other early 90's performances without the stickers n blue pickguard before it got stolen in that infamous '99 incident- oop i nerded out before you started talking whoops xD
He mainly used that guitar to play the trilogy from Daydream Nation and Skip Tracer too. It's kind of nice to see that one of his less used guitars ended up being one of his most iconic.
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damn dudes a evil genius i love it
squier just made a version of this. Must have saw your video :P
I want one!
Great demo of the Skjelstang, sounds killer. Do you have a wiring diagram of mods made to the original wiring? 🖖
Pedal Platform -AHOY!!
Would love to hear your thoughts on strats and other guitars you don't like
@Mike Adams, you should make a video abour the Deimel firestar
Hey I’m a huge fan of your playing and your awesome channel! I just was hoping you could answer a quick question for me! I have a telecaster I built and bought an American bigsby b5 which includes the bridge plate and the threaded saddle bridge. I was wondering if a mastery bridge would fit and work for this guitar. Thanks in advance
Wait, you built 3PO, Mike? Why have I always thought it was a Shelton? You have impeccable taste in guitars, my friend.
Reminds me of the sonic youth mustang
Excellent job man! Could you share the wiring diagram for this guitar?
Would it be an idea to use a paranormal cyclone as a base to copy this beauty? Or too much patching of tremelo routing required? Thanks for any input 🙏
Love the Mustang. Two questions about the knobs: 1) where can we get those GITD Jaguar knobs and 2) does anyone make a white Jaguar/Mustang knob?
1) I think we pulled them off of one of Skyler's pedals but that was back in 2013 so I don't recall exactly. I think you can just buy them individually. 2) White Jag knobs are out there! I'm only seeing the MIJ/CIJ smaller style with sharper edges though, I'm not sure about US spec
@puisheen Perhaps a silly question, but what is this strung with. For a moment the strings looked massive.
Is it possible to set up the Mustang vibrato, so that it allows down bends only, like a Strat? I need to switch between standard and drop tuning and don't want to lock it down completely.
For the intro jam, were you using the HX Stomp? If so, what was the amp model you used? It sounds beautiful!
It's all that Brit 75 Norm model!
That’s one hell of a guitar. Drool fest!!😅
This is rad! I've been working on a rebuild of a Pawn Shop Super Sonic that somebody relic'd to death (they massacred my boy!!) that's essentially going to do the same thing you did with the middle pickup here (on/off with a volume roller) but I'm planning on using a Fender xii style pickup for that. I would also love to add it's own tone roller as well but, seeing as the Super Sonic is a big smaller than a Jag or JM, a big issue I'm running into is space. Fitting the regular Jag or JM roller pot bracket has become an issue. But I see that the volume roller you have mounted on this bad boy has it's screwholes on the sides so it fits into that 3-way switch-sized hole in the pickup. Can you let a bro know where you got that?? It's probably custom but I would love to know regardless! Thanks man!
tl;dr - Love it! Can you tell me how you got a roller pot to fit into that 3-way switch slot? Thanks!
Nice reference haha. I actually had to modify an existing Jaguar rhythm circuit bracket to the roller pot only, basically cutting it down and then removing material where the roller pokes through.
Yeeeeeeeah that’s what I figured had to have happened. It’s really solid work! You really know what you’re doing, my dude.
can we get your stomp presets anywhere? that sounds great.
also, wow I would buy a guitar exactly like this. it sounds incredible! to my ears the 24 inch scale doesn't really sound like a strat or a mustang, something in the middle. and all three together is very unique
that’s the thurston moore mustang mod
Hey Puisheen, I could of swore I saw a video of yours where you take a pickup cover off of a Jaguar and since it has wax you used your soldering iron on the magnets real quick to heat the wax a little… is that correct? I can’t find that video of yours. I wanted to change the pickup covers on my Jaguar vintera and before I do it wanted to know if that’s how I should do it?
Hey! That doesn't sound like something I'd do, but I have used a hair dryer to free a stuck cover or two
@@Puisheen oh maybe it was a hair dryer. That’s what I think it was my mistake.
Diggin the shorter hair. Yup.
Careful that trem arm could poke your eye out lol geez its long
Really curious about what is it about Strats that doesn't *click* with you.
Would it be possible for you to post a wiring diagram?
Hi Mike! I Got a question i really need help with. Went up to 12 gAuge on my Jaguar. But it totally killed The tremolo. Now im between 11s and 12s earnyballs beefy slinky. But i Can only bend one full note down before bottoming out The arm. And it is set up correctly so The trem lock is functioning and tunes The same with the lock engaged or disengaged. Is The only answer just to raise my arm more, and loosing The prober tremlock setup? Thanks, Niclas
Depends on the model, but Fender's modern vibrato springs are purposefully a bit lighter-duty than vintage to accommodate a preference for lighter string gauges. It's very possible that 12s have so much tension that your vibrato may not be able to handle it. You can experiment with an aftermarket spring of some kind, or if you happen to be using a Squier/MIJ/CIJ/MIM guitar replacing the vibrato entirely for an AVRI or Mastery (which has a very stiff spring) can be a nice upgrade.
@@Puisheen Thanks, didnt see your reply. Im already on a AVRI trem system. 😢But i went back to 11s Thanks though!
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Mike, I wonder if the glow in the dark paint Fluff used on his side markers would be easier than switching out the knobs: ruclips.net/video/6u7l7WrqK5w/видео.html
10:08 Somebody's been watching Brent Mason's Hot Licks video!
Whoa, that intro was hx stomp?
This isn’t helping me to not buy a helix product.
What kind of whammy arm is that?
This awful chrome control panel from MiM models. That’s is a crime mate.
Everyone needs a guitar with too many pickups and too many switches.
It's like Joe Biden as a guitar, disoriented, goofy, old.